Seriously I thought I could get a simple explanation but when I Google it it’s all diagrams and detailed terminology
EDIT: ok got my answer, thanks SoulWager
Answer:
Bolts are screws with a nut.
Rivets deform to expand larger than the hole.
There are various types of each, the simplest rivets are just a piece of soft wire or bar that you hammer to mushroom it out. More common are pop rivets, where you pull a pin through a sleeve, and the head on the pin mushrooms out the back side of the rivet.
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Bolt had threads and can be reused
Rivets can’t be reused and are flattened out in on itself
Bolts are screws with a nut.
Rivets deform to expand larger than the hole.
There are various types of each, the simplest rivets are just a piece of soft wire or bar that you hammer to mushroom it out. More common are pop rivets, where you pull a pin through a sleeve, and the head on the pin mushrooms out the back side of the rivet.
Bolts are used with nuts, are threaded, can be easily removed from their position.
Rivets are smashed into position and are very difficult to impossible to remove without damaging them or what are they rivetted into.
A bolt is flat end on a threaded piece that gets tighter by turning it relative to the nut. It can be loosened and retightened or reused.
A rivet is a flat end on a smooth rod that is made tight by smashing the end of the rod after it comes through the materiel. The smashed end is now too big to slide back through the hole. It cannot be loosened or reused.
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